Jessica Snow
American
Artist Bio: Jessica Snow
Jessica Snow is an innovative artist whose paintings, drawings, and films explore the interplay between nature, ancient art, and architecture. Her work fuses interpretation and imagination, creating a unique visual vocabulary that bridges ancient and contemporary forms.
Born in Berkeley, CA, in 1964, Jessica has remained in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she earned her MFA from Mills College in 1996 and her BA from UC Davis in 1987. Her artistic journey has also taken her to the Sorbonne and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Currently, she teaches art history at the University of San Francisco.
Jessica's travels across Asia, South America, and Europe significantly influence her work. Her recent paintings and drawings, particularly the series “Minoan Stories,” were inspired by her visits to Greece, where the island's preclassical art, geography, and ancient myths ignited her imagination. Each piece unfolds like an archaeological excavation, revealing layers of meaning through a process akin to diving into the unknown. During a recent stay on Kephalonia, she developed a technique she calls Ionian Pointillism, which reflects the flows of nature and mythic time in her latest series. This summer, at Cycladic Arts, an artist residency in Paros, the sea played a fundamental role in her creative process.
The theme of mythic time—its fluidity and complexity—is also central to her film "More than Once, Upon a Time," directed in Spain and Italy with videographer Paul Morrill. Winner of the 2023 Best Experimental Film at the Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid, the film weaves (non)narrative loops that connect the future, past, and present, exploring the sacred nature of creativity, divination, archaeology, and the poetics of the natural world.
In 2017, while teaching art history at Qingdao University, Jessica undertook research trips to Suzhou to study Classical Chinese gardens, calligraphy, and ink-wash painting. This research inspired her series “Master of the Nets” and “Borrowed Scenery.”
Jessica Snow is an innovative artist whose paintings, drawings, and films explore the interplay between nature, ancient art, and architecture. Her work fuses interpretation and imagination, creating a unique visual vocabulary that bridges ancient and contemporary forms.
Born in Berkeley, CA, in 1964, Jessica has remained in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she earned her MFA from Mills College in 1996 and her BA from UC Davis in 1987. Her artistic journey has also taken her to the Sorbonne and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Currently, she teaches art history at the University of San Francisco.
Jessica's travels across Asia, South America, and Europe significantly influence her work. Her recent paintings and drawings, particularly the series “Minoan Stories,” were inspired by her visits to Greece, where the island's preclassical art, geography, and ancient myths ignited her imagination. Each piece unfolds like an archaeological excavation, revealing layers of meaning through a process akin to diving into the unknown. During a recent stay on Kephalonia, she developed a technique she calls Ionian Pointillism, which reflects the flows of nature and mythic time in her latest series. This summer, at Cycladic Arts, an artist residency in Paros, the sea played a fundamental role in her creative process.
The theme of mythic time—its fluidity and complexity—is also central to her film "More than Once, Upon a Time," directed in Spain and Italy with videographer Paul Morrill. Winner of the 2023 Best Experimental Film at the Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Madrid, the film weaves (non)narrative loops that connect the future, past, and present, exploring the sacred nature of creativity, divination, archaeology, and the poetics of the natural world.
In 2017, while teaching art history at Qingdao University, Jessica undertook research trips to Suzhou to study Classical Chinese gardens, calligraphy, and ink-wash painting. This research inspired her series “Master of the Nets” and “Borrowed Scenery.”
Jessica Snow
Terra Incognita (Le Pavé de France 5) (Abstract painting), 2019
H 14 in W 18 in
$ 3,273
Jessica Snow
Terra Incognita (Le Pavé de France 1) (Abstract painting), 2019
H 15.75 in W 200 in
$ 3,469
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